Straw-stacker.



No. 691,265. Patenmfran. I4, i902.

M. HEINEKE. STRAW .STAGKER (Application filed Sept. 23, 1901.) (No Model.)` 2 sheets-sheet l. I

- Ptented lan. I4, |902.

No. 691,265. f M. HEINEKE.

STRAW STACKER. (Appiimion med sept'. 2s, 1901.) v lo Model.) z shee'fg-sheet 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN I'IEINEKE, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SATTLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, A CORPO- RATION OF ILLINOIS.

sTRAw-sTACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,265, dated January 14, 1902.

Application led September 23, 1901. Serial No. 76.286. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, MARTIN HEINEKE, of

the city of Springfield, county of Sangamon,

- raddle or carrier-belt, so that the straw will not be displaced by wind and will not roll or slide back when the stacker is swung toward a vertical position.

The invention is in its broadest sense applicable to all stackers in which the straw is carried upward and outward Aon an inclined carrier, and its essential features are embodied in presser-bars placed above the carrierlengthwise thereof and permitted to float on the moving straw.

The invention is described herein in connection with a stacker composed of a relatively stationary inclined section and a vertically-swingable section hinged to the upper end of the relatively stationary section, and in this connection special provision is made to accommodate the various movements of the swingable section.

The various characteristics of the invention are exemplified in the structure hereinafter described and they are particularly defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of so much of a stacker as is needed to explain my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig'. 3 is a plan of the struct-ure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is another longitudinal vertical section showing the verticallyswin gable part raised from the position shown in Fig. 2. i

The upper end of the lower section of the stacker is shown at l, and the vertically-swingable section is shown at 2. The sections are hinged together at 3. An arm 4 extends forward from the pivot, and a cable 5 provides means for'swinging section 2. The section 1 is preferably swung on a turn-table formed on the rear end of athresher. It has a strap 6 at its upper end, and a brace-rod 7 extends to a support concentric with the turn-table. Slide-bars 9 are mounted on the front edges of the side boards of section 1. They are connected by a cross structure 9a, and they are held in position by bearing-blocks 8. Elastic strips 11 connect with'cross structure 9 and extend upward therefrom. Presser-bars 12 connect at their lower ends with the upper ends of the elastic strips, and they extend upward above the carrier-belt 13. tic strips yieldingly sustain the lower ends of the floating presser-bars and hold them against lateral displacement, while the upper ends of the bars are held in operative position without interference with their floating pressure on the straw. In this instance standards 14. are attached to the side boards of section 2 and extend upward therefrom, sleeves 15 journal on the standards, arms 16 are pivotally attached to lugs on the sleeves, so as to have a limited amount of swing to and from the carrier-belt, and they are connected with the presser-bars by links 17. The lower ends of the side boards of section 2 embrace the upper ends of the side boards of section 1, and links 10 connect pivotally with the side boards of section 2 off the pivot thereof and extend to the slide-bars 9, substantially as shown. The connection of the links with'the side boards is above the pivot 3, and so the slide-frame is lowered as section 2 is raised and raised as the section is lowered. -The elasticity of straps 11 and the swing of arms 16 permit the presser-bars to approach the carrier-belt so nearly as to leave a space about equal to the thinnest sheet of straw carried by the belt, the presser-bars are free to move away from the carrier-belt, and while the stacker is in operation the bars oat on the sheet of straw asV it thickens and thins and hold the straw in contact with the carrier-belt. The elastic strips 11 arch over the pivot 3.01. section 2 as the section is lowered and the lower the section the more pronounced the arch. The

The elasstraw turns from section 1 to section 2 around v pivot 3. The more abrupt the turn the greater the tendency to clog, and so the elastic strips automatically provide clearance in proportion to the increased or diminished need therefor. The arching of the strips in response to downward swing of section 2 is caused in part by the consequent rise of cross structure 9,which IOO carries the strips upward, and this rise also gives a slight lift to the lower ends of the presser-bars to permit the straw making the turn to begin its travel along section 2. The presser-bars move to and from the carrierbelt to permit variation in thickness of the sheet of straw, and they also move lengthwise of the carrier-belt in a stacker of the class herein described, so as to permit the swing of one section on the other. The rise and fall of the presser-bars is provided for by swinging arms 16, and the lengthwise movement is permitted by the rocking sleeves 15. The relative longitudinal movement of the presserbars is not great while the stacker is in operation; but when the section 2 is swung back onto the deck of the thresher, as is common in a certain class of stackers, the lengthwise movement must ne taken into consideration. The particular means herein described for permitting the presser-bars to move lengthwise of the stacker-section are merely representative of my idea and are capable of variation without departing from the principle of my invention. Moreover, the lengthwise movement of the presser is independent of the essential operation of the bars and relates' to an incidental characteristic of the partielllar type ot' stacker described.

l. The combination,wit`n the carrier-belt of a straw-stacker of a straw-presser disposed lengthwise above the carrier-belt, said strawpresser being limited in its motion lengthwise of the belt and adapted to move to and from the belt throughout the entire length of the presser.

2. The combination,with the carrier-belt of a stacker of a straw-presser held against motion lengthwise of thestacker and fioatable on the straw of the stacker throughout the entire length of the presser.

3. The combination with the carrier-belt of a stacker, of presser-bars disposed lengthwise above the carrier-belt and ioatable on the straw carried by the belt.

llower section, a vertically-swingable section hinged to the upper end of the lower section, a slide-frame on the lower section, links connecting the upper section with the slide-frame so that the frame will rise as the upper section is lowered, a carrier-belt, and a loatable straw-presser in the upper section elastieally connected with the slide-frame.

6. In a straw-stacker, the combination of a lower section, a vertically-swingable section hinged to the upper end of the lower section, a slide-frame on the lower section, links connecting the upper section with the slide-frame so that the frame will rise as the upper section is lowered,a carrier-belt,floatable presserbars above the belt in the upper section and elastic strips connecting the presser-bars with the slide-frame.

7. In a straw-stacker, the combination of a lower section, a vertically-swingable section hinged to the upper end of the lower section, a slide-frame on the lower section, links connecting the upper section with the slide-frame so that the frame will rise as the upper section is lowered,a carrier-belt,lioatable presserbars above the belt in the upper section, elastic strips connecting the presser-bars withthe slide-frame and supports for the upper ends of the bars permitting a limited amount of free motion therein.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN HEINEKE.

Witnesses:

MAY JENKINS, JAMES I-I. MATHENY. 

